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BENITO E. LORENZO v. GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM

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2014-07-23
REYES, J.
In Benito E. Lorenzo v. Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Department of Education (DepEd),[16] a case involving a teacher, who likewise died of leukemia, the Court ruled that: [T]he coverage of leukemia as an occupational disease relates to one's employment as an operating room personnel ordinarily exposed to anesthetics. x x x There was no showing that her work involved frequent and sufficient exposure to substances established as occupational risk factors of the disease. x x x.
2014-07-18
PEREZ, J.
For petitioner's claim to prosper, she must submit such proof as would constitute a reasonable basis for concluding either that the conditions of employment caused her husband's ailment or that such working conditions had aggravated the risk of contracting that ailment.[21]